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Dragomir Suka Receives the A' Design Award for Sofia drinking fountain Drinking Fountain in Street Furniture Design
Dragomir Suka recognized for street furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ Sofia drinking fountain Drinking Fountain by Dragomir Suka, designed for Identity, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Street Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Sofia drinking fountain Drinking Fountain
Sofia is a drinking fountain designed for public spaces. Its minimalist circular form creates a central spatial accent. Water flows from the upper part, intended for people, through a trough to a lower bowl, intended for animals. The continuous flow keeps the water in the animal bowl fresh, while excess water drains through a grid into the municipal infrastructure. A button releases a set amount of drinking water. The fountain is accessible to wheelchair users and includes a tactile braille drinking water sign. The body is cast in bronze.
About Dragomir Suka
His passion for design and creation took its “final form” when he founded “Identity" design studio. He has created numerous logos for companies, banks, institutions, associations etc. His creativity in graphic design is mostly realized in the form of brochures, banners, books, product desing, etc. An original and persistent creator without boundaries expresses interest in other areas of creative expression, and has set up several remarkable exhibitions, edited numerous business premises, and has also dealt with the design of tombstones, houses, furniture etc. With the talent for innovativeness for him there is no insurmountable and impossible.
Award Record
Dragomir Suka is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Street and City Furniture Design Award
The A' Street Furniture Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good street furniture designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to street furniture designers, industrial design studios, street furniture brands and street furniture manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include benches, bollards, bus shelters, bicycle racks, litter bins and planters. Awarded street furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/street-furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/61914
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/61914
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!61914
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/216949
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://goo.gl/P5aaQ4
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sofia drinking fountain Drinking Fountain
- Function
- Drinking Fountain
- Category
- Street Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Khaki, Gray, Dark Olive Green, Burly Wood and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Identity
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dragomir Suka
- Country
- Croatia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #61914
Credits
- Team
- Dragomir Šuka, Predrag Šuka and Nemanja Šuka
- Image Credits
- Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Sofija - drinking fountain offers a design with central spatial accent through a powerful but minimalist line form. Minimalist design in a unique way allows all users an equally easy access to the drinking water in the public space. Characteristic is the water decant through the trough from the upper part, intended for people, to the lower part, intended for animals. This way water is always refreshed in the animal bowl with excess water being spilled over to the bottom of the fountain and from there into the infrastructure.
- Inspiration
- Public space where I live has only one drinking fountain that is out of function. Urban environments deserve public access to free drinking water as a standard of the modern civilization. Cupped hands and circle were primary inspiration for the shaping of the Sofia drinking fountain. Circle, as the ideal form gave the design a recognizable and unique form where larger (cupped hands) form in the base transcends into a smaller form on the top following circle radius.
- Research
- After I came up with the idea of dealing with the solution for a drinking fountain I studied the current solutions in the world. The research has shown that there are a large number of different and already realized forms, but there is no solution similar to the proposed one. Many solutions, in my opinion, do not have essential ergonomic values, multifunctionality, stylistic features, appropriate material.. The goal has been to design a multifunctional fountain that will attract passersby and consumers with its design, which will fit into different public spaces and last in time and space.
- Challenge
- Biggest designers challenge is the realization of the practical design. In the time where profit is the key ingredient, it's difficult to design for general social needs or to incorporate design into a practical and useful application with a human note. While creating this design I wanted to create a contemporary, urban, ergonomic product of high aesthetic value. The possibility of realization depends not only on the design but also on the decision makers and the series of legal assumptions - choosing the location, various permissions, necessary infrastructure, quality contractor...
- Realization and Technology
- First 3D wood models of individual cast mold for casting various parts are created following the computer model, with the CNC milling machine. Second, a classic casting of bronze is performed in already prepared molds. Casted parts are bristled and vibrated with special plastic sockets to obtain a smooth surface. Fountain Elements: - a round shaped base that connects the fountain with the municipal infrastructure - casted body with the animal bowl that has water flow system to maintain water quality - drinking water sign with tactile-touch on braille
- Operation and Interaction
- By pressing the button a certain amount of drinking water is released. The water continues its visible path through the fountains to the animal bowl. Its multifunctionality is manifested in the facilitated access for the wheelchair users, people with a visual impairment (drinking water sign with tactile-touch braille), pets and feral animals through a dedicated bowl at the bottom. Bowl has a grid-shaped form to drain excessive amounts of water. Foundation panel can be used as a place for city emblem, city name or text indicating it's drinking water.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in July 2016 in Karlovac (Croatia) and was exhibited in Ars Publicae in September 2016 in Zagreb (Croatia).
- Specifications
- Sofija - drinking fountain dimensions 1170 x 400 x 1000 mm.
- Keywords
- drinking fountain, drinking water, wheelchair users, sight impaired, animal bowl
